Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Philippines

Philippines: Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score was 72.56 in 2019. ▲ Rising

Latest (2019)
72.56
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
96th
of 191 countries
All-time high
72.56
in 2019
All-time low
62.67
in 2015
Years of data
5
2015–2019

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Philippines, 2015–2019

0204060802015201720192015: 62.72016: 66.22017: 69.72018: 72.22019: 72.6

Source: World Bank.

Analysis

Philippines recorded 72.56 for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in 2019. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 15.8% over five years.

Philippines ranks 96th of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Philippines, year by year

Annual values for Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score in Philippines, 2015 to 2019.
Year Value Change
2015 62.67 —
2016 66.21 +5.7%
2017 69.68 +5.2%
2018 72.22 +3.6%
2019 72.56 +0.5%

Philippines compared with similar countries

  • Philippines's 72.56 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 71.14, 1.0× the median. (56 countries reporting)
  • Philippines's 72.56 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 74.87, 97% of the median. (28 countries reporting)

Countries ranked near Philippines

  1. 93 Uganda 73.1 compare
  2. 94 Sierra Leone 72.97 compare
  3. 95 Kenya 72.79 compare
  4. 97 Barbados 72.35 compare
  5. 98 Bulgaria 72.32 compare
  6. 99 Kiribati 71.42 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Philippines?
Paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score in Philippines was 72.56 in 2019, according to the World Bank.
What is the highest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Philippines?
The highest recorded value was 72.56 in 2019.
What is the lowest paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score recorded in Philippines?
The lowest recorded value was 62.67 in 2015.
How does Philippines rank for paying taxes (db17-20 methodology) - score?
Philippines ranks 96th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
Where does this Philippines data come from?
The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Paying taxes (DB17-20 methodology) - Score
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
191 places, 955 data points, 2015–2019
Last refreshed

The score for paying taxes is the simple average of the scores for each of the component indicators, the payments, time and total tax and contribution rate for a company to comply with tax laws in an economy, as well as the postfiling procedures to request and process a VAT refund claim and to comply with and complete a corporate income tax correction. The score is computed based on the methodology in the DB17-20 studies.